Libellant

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Libelant \Li"bel*ant\ (-ant), n.
     One who libels; one who institutes a suit in an
     ecclesiastical or admiralty court. [Written also
     {libellant}.] --Cranch.
     [1913 Webster]



From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  LIBELLANT. The party who fires a libel in a chancery or admiralty case, 
  corresponds to the plaintiff in actions in the common law courts, is called 
  the libellant.